Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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